{"nrhp_refnum":"77000419","name":"Farkas, Samuel, House","other_names":["Farkas House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"328 W. Broad Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.576753479000047,"lon":-84.15500477999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story Second Empire style brick mansion at 328 W. Broad Avenue in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, completed in 1889 for Samuel Farkas.","why_significant":"It is described as the last remaining mansion of an Albany nineteenth-century \"merchant prince.\" Samuel Farkas, a Hungarian immigrant, built a fortune in the mule trade that figured largely in the area's agricultural economy. The house is also called one of Albany's most significant residences architecturally and a major residential landmark near downtown.","narrative":"Completed in 1889 on Broad Avenue in Albany, this Second Empire brick mansion was built for Samuel Farkas, a Hungarian immigrant who arrived in the United States at 18. He started in his uncle's general store, then established a stable in 1872 and traded chiefly in mules, a business tied closely to the area's agricultural economy. Within two decades he had amassed a fortune. The two and a half story house is faced in buff brick laid in stretcher bond, with asymmetrical massing, broad bracketed eaves, pedimented dormers in a fish-scale slate mansard roof, and white stone keystones over the windows. Inside are 17 rooms, five baths, heart pine floors and carved mantels. A new porch and sun parlor were added in 1920, and a two story rear addition followed in 1940. It is described as the last remaining mansion of Albany's nineteenth-century merchant princes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire (Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, and undergoing some interior renovation for use as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.419662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000419/86cec29b6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000419/86cec29b6a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Farkas_House,_Albany.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Farkas_House,_Albany.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100012022","name":"Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/downtown-albany-commercial-historic-district-100012022/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207860","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Farkas_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17030329"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/farkas-samuel-house-77000419/"}